South English legendary

Description

Title: South English legendary
Published / Created: [ca. 1400-1450]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript, on vellum, in two scribes' hands, of this collection of verse saints' lives
Description: In Middle English.
Text is substantially complete, lacking two leaves at the beginning, one in the middle, and probably several at the end.
Layout: single columns of 42 and 39 lines, respectively.
Script: English cursive bookhand (two scribes).
Decoration: numerous initials in blue with red penwork.
Binding: eighteenth-century full calf.
Provenance: Ex libris Thomas Weld. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 194 leaves : 300 mm x 192 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English, Middle (1100-1500)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): English literature
English poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: English literature > Middle English, 1100-1500
English poetry > Middle English, 1100-1500
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Weld, Thomas 1750-1810 > Bookplate

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Citation: South English Legendary (Takamiya MS 54). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.